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EXCLUSIVE: 'We were victims of an hysterical witch hunt and anti-gay sentiment': Four Texas lesbians jailed since 1998 for gang raping two young girls and exonerated last week will share $20 million - but it won't buy back their lives

Texas Court of Criminal appeals ruled last week that the so-called San Antonio 4 were innocent after a 22-year battle by their legal teams

The ruling came after Elizabeth Ramirez, Kristie Mayhugh, Cassandra Rivera and Anna Vasquez spent years in prison

The women were convicted in 1998 of sexually assaulting two of Ramirez's nieces, ages seven and nine

One of the nieces later recanted, saying another family member threatened her into making the statements

The women had remained in jail repeatedly refusing offers of early parole if they accepted their crimes and embarked on rehabilitation programs

Cassandra Rivera, now 41, told DailyMail.com that her biggest regret was missing out on seeing her two children grow up